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Long Agenda Takes ANC 2E Meeting Past Midnight
• October 6, 2025
The “October” meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission for Georgetown, Burleith and Hillendale, held on Monday, Sept. 29, began at 6:30 p.m. and didn’t gavel down until about 1 a.m. Besides […]
Mayor Bowser Dives In To Open Pool Season
• May 27, 2025
Q: How do you know when it is officially summer in Washington, D.C.? A: When Mayor Muriel Bowser dives into one of the district’s swimming pools at the annual Department […]
Defund the Boys & Girls Club? Jelleff Supporters Protest
• May 23, 2024
At a hastily called emergency meeting on Wednesday, May 22, at the Jelleff Recreation Center, more than a dozen children and teenagers with grim faces held bright signs with messages […]
‘Final’ Jelleff Renovation Plans Revealed by DPR
• May 6, 2024
In the last three years there have been about a half dozen town hall, stakeholder or outreach meetings with D.C.’s Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) regarding the dynamic ever-changing […]
ANC Zeroes In on Public Safety
• March 11, 2024
Public safety, criminal detention and sentencing (including of juveniles) and police reform were the focus of the monthly meeting of ANC 2E, the advisory neighborhood commission for Georgetown, Burleith and […]
News Bytes : CAG’s New Board, MedStar’s New Pavilion, and GU’s New Bulldog
• December 4, 2023
The Citizens Association of Georgetown Announces New Leadership CAG has announced new board directors and an office manager. Tara Sakraida Parker will remain president and Brittany Sawyer will stay executive […]
ANC Tackles Parks, Public Spaces, Crime, Leaf Collection
• November 6, 2023
She tried. She really did. Gwen Lohse, chair of ANC 2E, had timed each item of her lengthy November ANC meeting – held Oct. 29, all remote – to a reasonable time […]
Georgetown’s ANC Sets Up for Busy Fall
• September 11, 2023
The first Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting (2E) for the 2023-24 season began with all present plus new commissioner Daniel Chao representing 2E07. They quickly dispensed with the first important […]
ANC2E’s ‘Elevator Presentations’ Helps Keep to Agenda
• May 8, 2023
Faced with a huge agenda of important issues, news and announcements affecting Georgetown, Burleith and Hillandale, presented by dozens of officials, advocates and explainers, along with the memory of the last meeting […]
ANC 2E Highlights: Leaves to Literacy
• February 8, 2023
The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) held its February meeting on Jan. 30 and addressed more than a dozen issues, ranging from leaf collection to literacy rates — onto […]
